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On the recordFebruary 6, 2012
It is also important to note that the lifting of sanctions on Burma does not equal the establishment of full trading relations.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Webb clarifies that lifting sanctions doesn't mean full trade relations with Burma.

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